Spool-holder for sewing-machines.



PATENTED MAR. 29-;1904'.

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APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1902.

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V UNITED STATES Patented March 29, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADELOS 'GORTO N, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

SPOOL-HOLDER FO'R SEWING-MACHINES- SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 756,163, dated March 29, 1904.

Application filed August 21, 1902. Serial No. 120,494. (No model.)

i To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, ADELos GroRroN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Spool-Holders for Use on Sewing and other Thread and Yarn Working Machines, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention consists of a spool holder adapted for use on a se wing-machine or other thread and yarn working machines formed of a base on which a spool may be supported without the employment of a pivot, post, or projection thereon, and fouling of the thread is thereby prevented, a uniform tension also resulting, said base being provided with a depending pin or screw, whereby the holder may be attached to an arm, frame, or other member of amachine of the above classes, a work table, box, basket, &c.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a spool-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section thereof. Fig. 8 represents a vertical section of another form of the invention. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe figures.

Referringto the drawings, A designates a spool-holder, which is formed of the base'B and the arms C, rising at intervals therefrom at or about the periphery thereof, and thus strongly connected therewith, said arms being integral with said base and being separated from each other throughout their entire length from top to said base, so that a spool can be easily located in position on the holder by being freely inserted thereinto through the uncovered top of the holder and lowered between the arms unobstructed from said top to said base.

Depending from the base B is the screw D, whereby the holder may be secured in any desired position. g

It will be seen that the. upper face of the base B is flat or right-lined and the same is adapted to support a spool thereon surrounded by said arms as guards, it being noticed that when the threadis drawn out the spool will revolve on the base while controlled or contained thereon by the arms C, itbeing also noticed that apivot, post, or projection to form the axis of the spool on the base is dispensed with, and the upper face of the base forms an unbroken surface, by

which provision the thread may be run ofl from the spool, and should it pass under the lower head of the spool it will not foul with the base, owing to the absence of such pivot, post, or projection.

In Fig. 2 I show the screw D integral with the base, while in Fig. 3 a screw E is shown separate from said base and is passed through an opening therein, while its head occupies a countersink F in the upper end of said opening, so that the top of the head of the screw is flush with the upper surface of the base, thus avoiding any projection above said surface and preventing the fouling of the thread below the spool, as in the previous case.

Attention is directed to the fact that the pull of the thread is at a right angle to the winding, and so in a direct line thereto, thus preserving a uniform tension on the thread.

Various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention, and I do not, therefore, desire to be limited in each case to the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An individual spool-holder comprising a substantially level base adapted to seat the end of a spool and to leave the aperture through said spool free and unobstructed, a plurality of pins rising peripherally from said base and adapted to inclose said spool and retain it rotatably on said base and means for engaging said holder with a table or like support whereby the thread may be drawn from said spool in any direction.

2. An individual spool-holder comprising a substantially level base adapted to seat the end like support whereby the thread may be drawn of a spool and to leave the aperture through from said spool in any direction. said spool free and unobstructed, a plurality of pins integral with and rising peripherally ADELOS GORTON from said base and adapted to inclose said Witnesses:

spool and retain it rotatably on said base and JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM,

means for engaging said holder with a table or E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS. 

